skyward

adv

1. (not-comparable)At or toward the sky.

   “The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.”

   “No Jute is left to wield a sword to save this hoard. No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward.”

   “If there is a heaven up there, Carl Sagan will be in his element on November 30, when Venus, Jupiter, and the moon align in a facelike formation. Gaze skyward to appreciate this rare triple feature of the brightest planets with a wry grin from the moon.”

   “Pass the chalk. Dr. Levine was there with a friend and fellow psychiatrist (detect a pattern?), Alexa Albert, Coco’s mother, who squinted up into the sun as her daughter effortlessly sailed skyward. Dr. Albert is an acrophobe.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Pointing or facing at or moving toward the sky.